98/99-100 Talbot Street, and 3/4 Marlborough Place, Dublin 1
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WEB2455/25 is a planning application for permission at 98/99-100 Talbot Street, and 3/4 Marlborough Place, Dublin 1, received by Dublin City Council on 20 Jun 2025 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: Carrolls Irish Gifts Unlimited Company intends to apply for permission for development at a c. 0.078 ha site located at 98/99-100 Talbot Street, and 3/4 Marlborough Place, Dublin 1. The proposed development consists of an interactive and immersive film experience tourist attraction, with a cumulative development area of 1,503 sq.m. The site is accessed via Talbot Street and Marlborough Place and also borders Talbot Lane to the western boundary. The proposed development provides for the reconfiguration of the existing structures, which are 3 no. storeys in height above basement. The development comprises the change of use of the existing buildings from shops and associated storage facilities to an interactive and immersive film experience tourist attraction, with associated internal tour facilities. In addition, the following works are required to facilitate the proposed development including reconfiguration of existing floorplates on all floors above ground floor level to create interactive attraction rooms and gallery/exhibition areas; retail space (c. 138 sq.m at ground floor level); automated café area (c.28 sq.m at ground floor level); guest lockers area; immersive 3D rooms and associated lobby; staff welfare facilities; storage areas; removal of existing roof lights to flat roof at first floor level; reconfigured plant area on flat roof to first floor level; SUDs provision in the form of green roof installations at first floor level; new lift core; demolition of internal staircases and internal walls; demolition of mezzanine at first floor level (80 sq.m); reconfiguration of fenestration to Talbot Street at Ground Floor level and Marlborough Place, including removal of existing rear shutters to Marlborough Place; removal of signage to Marlborough Place; Changes of internal levels; Replacement of existing shopfront signage to Talbot Street and all associated development works above and below ground. In addition, the development involves the removal of an existing roller shutter, 2 no. doors and overhead signage at 3/4 Marlborough Place, and the removal and replacement of the existing signage and shopfront at 98/99-100 Talbot Street. The council declared the application invalid on 25 Jun 2025. The five-week observation window closed on 25 Jul 2025. The site is zoned null under the Dublin City Council development plan. Within 500 m there are 154 other decided applications in the last five years and 49 appeals.
Proposal
Carrolls Irish Gifts Unlimited Company intends to apply for permission for development at a c. 0.078 ha site located at 98/99-100 Talbot Street, and 3/4 Marlborough Place, Dublin 1. The proposed development consists of an interactive and immersive film experience tourist attraction, with a cumulative development area of 1,503 sq.m. The site is accessed via Talbot Street and Marlborough Place and also borders Talbot Lane to the western boundary. The proposed development provides for the reconfiguration of the existing structures, which are 3 no. storeys in height above basement. The development comprises the change of use of the existing buildings from shops and associated storage facilities to an interactive and immersive film experience tourist attraction, with associated internal tour facilities. In addition, the following works are required to facilitate the proposed development including reconfiguration of existing floorplates on all floors above ground floor level to create interactive attraction rooms and gallery/exhibition areas; retail space (c. 138 sq.m at ground floor level); automated café area (c.28 sq.m at ground floor level); guest lockers area; immersive 3D rooms and associated lobby; staff welfare facilities; storage areas; removal of existing roof lights to flat roof at first floor level; reconfigured plant area on flat roof to first floor level; SUDs provision in the form of green roof installations at first floor level; new lift core; demolition of internal staircases and internal walls; demolition of mezzanine at first floor level (80 sq.m); reconfiguration of fenestration to Talbot Street at Ground Floor level and Marlborough Place, including removal of existing rear shutters to Marlborough Place; removal of signage to Marlborough Place; Changes of internal levels; Replacement of existing shopfront signage to Talbot Street and all associated development works above and below ground. In addition, the development involves the removal of an existing roller shutter, 2 no. doors and overhead signage at 3/4 Marlborough Place, and the removal and replacement of the existing signage and shopfront at 98/99-100 Talbot Street.
- Status
- Decision Notice Issued
- Decision
- Application declared invalid on 25 Jun 2025
- Site (from polygon)
- 808 m²
- Location precision
- site (coords_polygon)
Timeline
- 20 Jun 2025New applicationObservation window closed 25 Jul 2025
- 25 Jun 2025DecisionAppeal window closed 23 Jul 2025
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Appeal
Not appealed.
Commencement
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Zoning at the site
Zone Z5 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028
Z5: City Centre: To consolidate and facilitate the development of the central area, and to identify, reinforce, strengthen and protect its civic design character and dignity.
The main town centre — retail, offices, civic uses, apartments.
Designations within 250 m
OPW flood extent nearby — flag only (licence); floodinfo.ie.
- NIAH-recorded building · 228
- Radon risk area · 1
- Recorded monument · 8
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 85146). Deadlines were computed by the store from the received / decided dates under the Planning and Development Act 2000 and are recorded as events, not recomputed here.
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